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The Roses, as they are termed, are also of many degrees of 

 intensity, and very charming in the flamed and feathered state. 

 As illustrations of the various shades of colour we have Industry 

 (Lea), a bright carmine scarlet feather on the purest of white 

 grounds. Heroine is a true Rose, generally finely-feathered on a 

 very pure white. Nanny Gibson (Hepworth) has a brilliant 

 scarlet feather on white, and is very lovely in this state. Another 

 shade of colour (rosy-red on pure white ground, both flamed and 

 feathered) is found in Charmer, Mabel, Mrs. Lomax, and Pretty 

 Jane, raised by a florist named Martin. These are all one 



Fig. 41. — A Group of Florists' Tulips. 



variety, and it may be well to point out how this happens. Nearly 

 all seedling Tulips flower first in what florists term the '"breeder" 

 state, that is, as self-coloured ; and for some years it will continue 



